Coin wrapping and counting device.



A. B. SHERWOOD. com WRAPPING AND coumme DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I. l9l7- :filexm BSA/22 000006, WQ@% PatentedAug. 6, 1918. 2 SHEETS-SHEET] A. B. SHERWOOD. COIN WRAPPING AND COUNTINGDEViCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. l1 I917.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 [fl/pent"! wwwaw fl 17 n STATES.PATENT orrica ALEXANDER B. SHERWOOD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN WRAPPING AND COUNTING DEVICE.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

- Patented Aug. 6,19 1 8.

Application filed Hatch 1,1917; Serial No. 151,755.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, ALExArIDER B. SHER-' woon, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Coin Wrappi andCounting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

y invention relates to a device for providing wrapped rolls, or stacks,of coins of uniform diameter, or denomination, and each containing apredetermined number of the coins, which is the capacity of each operation of the device, which in that sense counts the coins in every"package.

M object is to facilitate the operation of prodi lcing the ordinarycylindrical packages of coins by those who, in the course of theirbusiness, accumulate them in'large numbers and customarily wrap them inrolls, each representing a given aggregate amount ofmoney, forconvenience in handling.

The construction and operation of my device are hereinafter describedwith reference to the accompanying drawin in which Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the device of my invention in a preferred ormof its embodiment; Fig. 2 is a plan view of thebase portion of thedevice with the parts seating thereon removed; Fig. 3 is an enlargedsection on line 3-3, Fig. 1, showing coins that have been-fed into it ina stack and thecap shown in Fig. 4, raised; Fig). 5 is a'view. like thatpresented in Fig. 3 ut with the cap removed and the stack lowered in thetubular paper wrapper preparatory to folding its 6 is a view mainly invertical section, but showing the tubular paper wrapper partly brokenand in elevation, with the tubular parts of the device removed fromtheir su porting base and the wrapped stack in 1ts of coins 7 shows themembers of the device illus- Fig.

tratedin Fig. 6 inverted to'discharge the tube-'inclosed wrapped stackfrom the outer tube, and Fig. 8 is a broken sectional view showing thestack thus discharged; Fig. 9 is a view in elevation of thelongitudinally-split coin-stacking tube containing a tubularly rolledpaper wrapper; Fig. 10 is an end view of the same, but showing anadhesive flap on the wrapper projecting through the slot in the stacklnperspective view 0 package of coins.

tube, and Fig. 11 is athe completed, wrapped of a pair of curved armsprojecting end; Fig.

.given number sum, the

will be approximately that 6f the denom- 4 pushed out of the outer tube;V

A tube 12 is provided in one end with, or has formed therein, a head 13reduced in diameter throughout a given length-of its inner end-portionto provide a circumferentlal shoulder 14. This head has an openlug-'15extending centrally through it for a headed pus -rod 16. The tubeseats-on a base 17, through an opening 18 in which the rod 16 extends atits lower end; and the base is provided on its upper face with atubeelevating seat, shown in its preferred form 19, 19 pivoted atadjacent ends to the base to adapt them to be spread apa orbroughttogether toward their opposite ends for purposes hereinafter explained.A relatively short open-ended tube 20; which is best formed ofsheet-steel for purposes ereinafter withdrawably in-the outer adapted toseat-at explained, fits tube 12 and is 1ts inner end about the reducedsection of the head 13 against the shoulder 14. An open-ended tubularcap 21, having an end-enlar ement forming an annular shoulder 22, fi tsremovably over the upper end of the tube 12, against the extremity ofwhich it and a coin-chute or trough 23 is connected, as represented orin any suitable manner, with the cap to incline its upper or inlet end.i

The internal diameterof thetube 20 corresponds approximately with thatof the stack of particular coins to be formed and wrapped. Thus if astack is to be com osed' oftwenty half-dollar or forty quarterollarcoins to aggregate ten dollars in value, or a of dimes or of nickels oreach to aggregate a predetermined internal diameter of the tube 20pennies,

ination of coin to be wrapped.

To use the device, the empt tube 20 may be taken out into the hand ofthe operator, who rolls into tubular form and of a diameter to bereadily inserted endwise into the tube, a rectangular sheet of paper ofsuitable width for wrapping in. a desired number of layers a stack ofcoins 25 of given denomination, the sheet being of a lengfihsufficiently greater than that of such stac the latter for affordingtubular end-portions to be folded over and'upon the stack-ends. Thistubular wrapper is then inserted into the open-ended tube 20 at one endthereof downwardly toward\ to project at its ends beyond those of toextend coincidentally with its opposite end, and the tube is inserted atits last-named end into the tube12 to rest against the headshoulder 14and envelop the reduced headsection and the head of the push-rod 16, thelength of this reduced section corresponding with that to be provided ofa folding end of the tubular wrapper 24. It will be understood that theparts are now in their normal positions illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3,wherein the seat 19 on the base 17, for elevating the tube 12 as and forthe purpose hereinafter described, embraces the lower end portion ofthat tube, and the )USll-IOd 16 is flush at its lower end with thebottom of the base, both resting on a table or other surface indicatedat 26 in Fig. 3. In that position of the parts, the push-rod head is atan elevation in the paper tube 24 corresponding with a section of thelatter twice the length of each end of the wrapper required for foldingover an end of the stac In this connection it may be explained that, ifdesired, one edge-portion of the wrapper-sheet may be provided with anadhesive coating, as represented at 27 in Fig. 10, and that this coatedportion may, in adjusting the tubular wrapper in the tube 20, be causedto project, as a sealing-flap, through the slot in that tube, asillustrated in the last-named figure, thereby to enable the adhesivesurface to be moistened and cemented to seal the package as hereinafterdescribed.

With the wrapper-containing tube introduced into place, as described,the tubular paper wrapper protrudes at its upper end beyond that of thetube 20 to twice theextent for folding against coin-stack of thepredetermined length. The operator then adjusts into place on the tube12 the cap 21 carrying the chute 23 (if provided, as it may or may notbe), when the device "is ready to have coins, all of the samedenomination, fed to it. By introducing such coins into the chute, theyenter the tubular wrapper, striking its wall more or less lightly butwith sufficient momentum to cause resilient action of the tube 20 andresultant righting of the coins to stack one fiatwise upon the other;and the resilient tube tends to hug the paper tube and tighten itsspirally wound layers about the coinsa The same stack-formation ensueswhether coins be fed in succession one at, atime or in bunches of two ormore. Y

When the operator estimates that the coin-stack in the tubular wrapperextends to the latters outer end from the' stacksupporting push-rod headin the position represented in Fig. 3, which extent corresponds 'withthe predetermined height for the stack, he removes the cap; and if anexcess of the fed' coins is found extending wrapped stack the upper endof a 'beyond the outer end of the tubular wrapper, he removes the outertube 12 to enable the arms 19 to be turned toward each other underneaththe head 13, to elevate the outer tube to the extent of the height ofthis supplemental seat, thereby bringing the inner end of the reducedsection of the head up to the pushrod head. Thus elevating the tube 12raises with it the paper tube beyond the upper end of the coin-stack toan extent corresponding with the height of the supplemental seat 19,which produces an unfilled length of the paper tube sufiicient forfolding, and this section of the wrapper is then folded, as indicated bydotted representation in Fig. 5, the fold also being shown in Figs. 6and 11. The operator then lifts the tube 12 and its contents off thebase 17, but holds the pushrod against dropping, as indicated by a theexcess. He next raises finger in Fig. 6, to sustain the coin-stack inplace, and inverts the whole to the position of the members shown inFig. 7 to enable the tube 20 with the wrapped-stack therein to dischargeor be withdrawn, with the folded end of the Wrapper lowermost, asrepresented in Fig. 8, when the open-endsection of the Wrapper isfolded, and the ,complete package represented in Fig. 11 is pulled outof its forming tube 20; or this may be done before closing the open endof the package. If the gummed flap be provided at 27, as hereinbeforementioned, the operator may moisten it, before or after the is taken outof its forming tube, and stick it to the body of the Wrapper to seal thepackage. A pin 28 extending transversely in proper position through thepush-rod stops it against dropping out when the tube 12 is inverted.

7 By the use of my device the operation of providing the usual wrappedrolls of coins may be performed expeditiously without requiring theexercise of skill and since the capacity of the device is limited to thenumber of coins aggregating a predeterminedamount, each package producedby it must so that the device unavoidably counts the coins in thepackages it turns out.

I. realize that considerable variation is possible in the details ofconstructionherein shown. and described, and I do not intend byillustrating'a single specific or preferred embodiment of my inventionto be limited thereto, it being' my intention in the following claims toclaim protection for all the novelty there may be in my invention asfully as the state of'the art will permit.

It may furthermore be mentioned that my device is'equally useful forstackingdisks of any kind other than coins, such as game- 'chips andcandy and: medicinal lozenges, enabling tar-y manner.

the latter to be packed'in a sani- 'end of a Wrapper in said receiverand stacked therein, a push-rod in said opening, extending into one endof said receiver to there support a stack of coins fed into the wrapperthrough its opposite end, a base containing an opening and on which saidouter tube seats with the push-rod extending into the opening therein,and a raised seat on said base for supporting said outer tube inelevated position with the push-rod extending in said base-opening.

'2. In combination, a basecontaining an opening, a pair of raised-seatforming arms pivotally supported on the base to extend adjustably aboutsaid opening, an outer tube provided with an end-head having an openingthrough it and a shoulder-formin circumferentially reduced inner-endportion, a push-rod in said head-opening, said outer tube removablyseating at its head-end on the base between said arms with the pushrodprojecting into the base-opening and in elevated position on said armsby adjusting them to extend under said head, the pushrod remaining insaid base-opening in the elevated position of the outer tube, and acoin-stacking open-ended tubular receiver for a coin-wrapping tube,removably insertible into said outer tube to seat therein about itsreduced head-portion and into which the push-rod projects.

3. In combination, a base containing an opening, an adjustable raisedseat on the base, an outer tube provided with an end head having anopening through it and a shoulder-forming circuinferentially reducedinner-end portion, a headed push-rod in said head-opening, said outertube being seatable at its head end on said base and in elevatedposition on said raised seat with the push-rod projecting into thebase-opening, a coin-stacking open-ended tubular receiver for acoin-wrapping tube, removably insertible into said outer tube to seatthere-in about its reduced head-portion and into which the push-rod headextends, and a tubular cap removably supported on the upper end of saidouter tube and through which coins to be stacked and wrapped in saidreceiver are fed.

ALEXANDER B. SHERWOOD.

